Careers And Alumni Engagement Manager

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London Short summary The role reports to the Head of the Crick Academy, and works across the Academic Training and Communications teams, to develop, manage, curate, and support career development activities and the CrickConnect community. You will play a pivotal role in managing the online platform, engaging staff, students and Alumni, generating content and reporting on community growth, development, and activity. You will also utilise CrickConnect to organise career development and mentoring activities to support the network’s community.  In 2019 we established CrickConnect, an online network for current and former students and staff to facilitate career development, networking, and collaboration within the global Crick community, and to foster an ongoing sense of belonging and engagement. The Careers and Alumni Engagement Manager will be responsible for managing Crick Connect and harnessing its capability as a communication and career development tool.  Key Responsibilities Career development programme delivery Support the Crick Academy to develop and deliver the career development programme for current staff and students, Organise and administer the Crick’s monthly careers talk programme, CrickConnect strategy, management, and delivery Lead on Alumni Engagement communications and activities, Facilitate networking, collaboration, and mutual support across the CrickConnect community, Cultivate and grow the network, including internal recruitment of current staff and students, external recruitment of lapsed alumni, and validating new registrations, Alumni next destination tracking and reporting Track the next destinations for all Early Career Researcher and Technician alumni, Manage and maintain the Next Destinations Database, Mentoring programme strategy and delivery Work with the Head of the Crick Academy to further develop and deliver the Crick Mentoring Framework programme strategy, Promote the Mentoring Framework across the CrickConnect and wider Crick community, including recruiting new programme participants and volunteer mentors,  About us The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases. An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London. The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe. The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.  If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website. The closing date for applications is 06.02.2024 All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.